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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Director Yao the director of?
(a) Chen's police force.
(b) It is not stated.
(c) The Party Discipline Committee.
(d) High Cadres' Children.

2. When the Americans in Chapter 31 suggest that Chen pick a restaurant for them to dine in, where does Chen pick?
(a) An American style restaurant.
(b) A waterfront place that sells caviar.
(c) Lu's restaurnat.
(d) The Red Heroine.

3. What has Old Hunter discovered in Chapter 26, related to the case?
(a) Guan's destinatino the night of the murder.
(b) Guan's affair.
(c) Wu's location the night of the murder.
(d) Where the caviar came from.

4. Who do Yu and Chen relay information about the case between?
(a) Peiqin.
(b) Wang.
(c) Zhang.
(d) Xei.

5. Where does Chen go to look for Xie?
(a) Beijing.
(b) Guilin.
(c) Guangzhou.
(d) Shanghai.

6. After Ling and Chen reconnect, what does he do while she sleeps?
(a) Writes poetry.
(b) Watches her.
(c) Reads.
(d) Works on the case.

7. What Chen surprised to learn upon meeting Xie for the first time?
(a) She is in her 50s.
(b) She is a prostitute.
(c) She is American.
(d) She is in her 40s.

8. What does Old Hunter warn Chen about in Chapter 26?
(a) He is being watched.
(b) There is a warrant out for his arrest.
(c) Don't go home that night.
(d) Be careful who he interviews.

9. In Chapter 32, Chen is supplied with a receipt for Wu's __________.
(a) Dark room lights.
(b) Gas purchase.
(c) Caviar.
(d) Photo paper.

10. What has Ling orchestrated to get Chen out of trouble in Chapter 37?
(a) A plane ticket to Beijing.
(b) A plane ticket to America.
(c) Chen's fake death.
(d) His promotion.

11. Who does Chen see while leaving his hotel at the end of the book, and promises to speak with again soon?
(a) Ling.
(b) Yu.
(c) Wang.
(d) Li.

12. Who does Ouyang plan to ask to help Chen find Xie?
(a) Madams.
(b) His boss.
(c) His co-workers.
(d) His customers.

13. Where does Chen end up after wandering the streets at night in Chapter 29?
(a) A small diner.
(b) A post office.
(c) He gets lost.
(d) Wang's apartment.

14. When did Chen and Ling date?
(a) High school.
(b) In the military.
(c) When Chen first moved to Beijing.
(d) College.

15. Why does Chen want to see Guo Qiang?
(a) Because he submitted a report against Chen.
(b) Because he murdered Guan.
(c) Because he provided Wu's alibi.
(d) Because he did not show up for work for Chen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the message left of Chen in Chapter 28 summon him to do?

2. What do Ling and Chen share a love of?

3. Who does Director Yao want Chen to hand the case over to?

4. At the end of the book, Chen finally realizes that all he can rely on in his work is his own _______ and conscientiousness.

5. What has Chen be reassigned to do in Chapter 33?

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